ella fitzgerald’s was born in 1917 she
was unbelievable a fantastic pioneer and
we remember her today even though she
passed away in 1996 Ella Fitzgerald had
a very tumultuous home life as a child
her mother died as a result of
complication from a car accident and her
father passed away within a year of her
mother so Ella Fitzgerald was left alone
she was left really sort of unmonitored
her grades began to slip in school and
she eventually ended up getting trouble
with the police and thrown in a reform
school her life took a turn for the
brighter sunnier side when she was 16
years old she was in Harlem and she was
at the Apollo Theater which is now
legendary and she was she put her name
in a hat in order to be asked up on
stage as part of a contest and her name
was drawn now Ella Fitzgerald really
wanted to go up onstage and perform but
the Edwards sister for performing that
night and they were a legendary dance
troupe now unbeknownst to most people
Ella Fitzgerald was a dancer but she was
so scared to go up against the Edward
sisters that she decided to do something
completely crazy to sing and there you
have it a legend was born now Ella’s own
solo career didn’t start until 1941 she
built her way up by doing collaborations
with a lot of wonderful people she’s
best known for her collaborations with
for example Charlie Parker you might
remember the song lullaby of Birdland
and she’s also known along with Frank
Sinatra for really recording at the
American Songbook of the early 20th
century so Ella Fitzgerald was really
she was also a pioneer because we need
to remember that she was in african
american and so especially at that time
in the united states everything that she
did you know multiply the difficulty by
two just because she had that additional
barrier to break through among her list
of accomplishments ella was given an
American medal by the President of the
United States at the time George Bush at
the first and she also received a
whopping 13 Grammys during her wonderful
and colorful career Ella actually passed
away in 1996
she’s been battling diabetes for a long
time and she actually had both her legs
amputated in 1993 and later lost her
sight but she never gave up her spirit
and when she passed away at her home in
1996 in California she was just as
vivacious and wonderful as ever and
that’s why Ella Fitzgerald is a woman
with mojo
was unbelievable a fantastic pioneer and
we remember her today even though she
passed away in 1996 Ella Fitzgerald had
a very tumultuous home life as a child
her mother died as a result of
complication from a car accident and her
father passed away within a year of her
mother so Ella Fitzgerald was left alone
she was left really sort of unmonitored
her grades began to slip in school and
she eventually ended up getting trouble
with the police and thrown in a reform
school her life took a turn for the
brighter sunnier side when she was 16
years old she was in Harlem and she was
at the Apollo Theater which is now
legendary and she was she put her name
in a hat in order to be asked up on
stage as part of a contest and her name
was drawn now Ella Fitzgerald really
wanted to go up onstage and perform but
the Edwards sister for performing that
night and they were a legendary dance
troupe now unbeknownst to most people
Ella Fitzgerald was a dancer but she was
so scared to go up against the Edward
sisters that she decided to do something
completely crazy to sing and there you
have it a legend was born now Ella’s own
solo career didn’t start until 1941 she
built her way up by doing collaborations
with a lot of wonderful people she’s
best known for her collaborations with
for example Charlie Parker you might
remember the song lullaby of Birdland
and she’s also known along with Frank
Sinatra for really recording at the
American Songbook of the early 20th
century so Ella Fitzgerald was really
she was also a pioneer because we need
to remember that she was in african
american and so especially at that time
in the united states everything that she
did you know multiply the difficulty by
two just because she had that additional
barrier to break through among her list
of accomplishments ella was given an
American medal by the President of the
United States at the time George Bush at
the first and she also received a
whopping 13 Grammys during her wonderful
and colorful career Ella actually passed
away in 1996
she’s been battling diabetes for a long
time and she actually had both her legs
amputated in 1993 and later lost her
sight but she never gave up her spirit
and when she passed away at her home in
1996 in California she was just as
vivacious and wonderful as ever and
that’s why Ella Fitzgerald is a woman
with mojo
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